Publications

D. Vernon, 2024. “An African Perspective on Culturally Competent Social Robotics: Why DEI Matters in HRI”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, accepted for publication. Preprint available here.

A. Akinade, Y. Haile, N. Mutangana C. Tucker, and D. Vernon, “Culturally Competent Social Robots Target Inclusion in Africa”, Science Robotics, 2023. Preprint available here.

P. Zantou and D. Vernon, “Culturally-Sensitive Human-Robot Interaction: A Case Study with the Pepper Humanoid Robot”, Proc. IEEE Africon, Nairobi, Kenya, September, 2023. Preprint available here.

P. Zantou and D. Vernon, “Inclusion Drives Sustainable Development: The Case of Social Robotics for Africa”, Poster Presentation, ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies - COMPASS, August 2023. Available here. Video available here.